Rust Feature Development Process Proposal

This repository is developing a proposal for a staged development process for Rust that integrates incremental development plus specification work.

About

The goal of this proposal is to establish a clear and structured approach to feature development in Rust. The proposal covers:

• Staged Development: How features progress through different stages from experimental to stable
• Incremental Development: Allowing features to be developed and tested iteratively
• Specification Work: Ensuring features are properly specified alongside implementation

Reading the Proposal

The proposal is written as an mdBook and can be read online at:

https://nikomatsakis.github.io/rust-feature-dev-process/

Building Locally

To build and view the book locally:

# Install mdbook if you haven't already
cargo install mdbook

# Build and serve the book
mdbook serve

# Or just build it
mdbook build

The built book will be available in the book directory.

Contributing

Contributions and feedback are welcome! Please feel free to open issues or pull requests.

License

This work is dual-licensed under:

• MIT License (LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
• Apache License, Version 2.0 (LICENSE-APACHE or http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0)

at your option.

This follows the same licensing approach as the Rust project itself.